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Updating the classics

Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin

October 5, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Retelling (modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion) CBR16 Bingo: Bollywood (set in Canada with desi protagonists) The absolutely last place Nada Syed wants to be is the big annual Muslim convention in downtown Toronto. She is nearly 30 years old, single and lives at home with her parents and two brothers. If she goes to the convention, there is a high chance that she’ll run into her old mentor, formerly her mother’s best friend. She might also run into her mentor’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: BIPOC, bollywood, Canada, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Contemporary Romance, Desi representation, Malin, Much Ado About Nada, Persuasion, retelling, Uzma Jalaluddin

Malin's CBR16 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: BIPOC, bollywood, Canada, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Contemporary Romance, Desi representation, Malin, Much Ado About Nada, Persuasion, retelling, Uzma Jalaluddin ·
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